General Notes

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4  TEXT Date of Import: 14 Jan 2004


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"In Elizabethtown Nathaniel had a house lot of six acres, 15 chains by 4 chains, bounded east by Thomas Price, west and north by his father-in-law Isaac Whitehead1 Sr., and south by the highway. He also had an allotment of 120 acres, "Lying upon the south branch of Elizabethtown Creek and by ye plaine which said above creek passeth through," and 12 acres of meadow "lying in the Great meadows upon John Woodruff's Creek." On 11 March 1669 he was No. 90 in the list of one hundred and seventy freeholders at Elizabeth who drew a first lot right of one hundred acres. He had 180 acres surveyed to him on 10 April 1676, and his lands bounded on lands of Matthias Hatfield.. Joseph Osborne and Isaac Whitehead. His house on East Jersey Street, mentioned in a 1682 deed, is now the oldest existing residence in Elizabeth, NJ. He sold some land in Elizabethtown to Benjamin Price on 15 June 1677.

In addition to being a large landowner, Nathaniel became prominent in community affairs. He served on a jury, 6 May 1671, by order of Gov. Carteret, for the trial of William Hackett, captain of the sloop "Indeavor," of Massachusetts, for illegal trading in the Province. "Nathaniel Bunnel1' was one of the executors of his father-in-law's estate under the terms of Isaac Whiteheadts will, which was dated 31 January 1690/1 and proved 26 February 1690/1. In 1692 he was a member of the General Assembly from Elizabethtown.

"In 1694 "Nathaniel Bunnelltl was among the 124 members of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Elizabethtown who subscribed to the support ofRev. John Harriman, his contribution being Li 10 5. His son "Nathanie Bunnell, Jr.," was also one of the subscribers, and his son Isaac subscribed a few years later.

He like many others, was opposed to "constituting courts," etc., whereby their land titles were liable to be dispossessed. He was one of the petitioners to the Crown for relief from this oppression by the Lords Proprietors. This seems to be the last public mention of his name. He probably died not long afterward, perhaps about 1696, without leaving a will.

His widow outlived him for many years. She moved out to Connecticut Farms (now Union, NJ) where her son Joseph was living. Her gravestone in the Presbyterian churchyard at Connecticut Farms read:

"Here lies the body of Susannah, wife of Nathaniel Bonnel, Dec'd February ye 12th 1733-4 in ye 84th year of her age."



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http://www.groversmith.com/bonnell.html

"In Elizabethtown Nathaniel had a house lot of six acres, 15 chains by 4 chains, bounded east by Thomas Price, west and north by his father-in-law Isaac Whitehead1 Sr., and south by the highway. He also had an allotment of 120 acres, "Lying upon the south branch of Elizabethtown Creek and by ye plaine which said above creek passeth through," and 12 acres of meadow "lying in the Great meadows upon John Woodruff's Creek." On 11 March 1669 he was No. 90 in the list of one hundred and seventy freeholders at Elizabeth who drew a first lot right of one hundred acres. He had 180 acres surveyed to him on 10 April 1676, and his lands bounded on lands of Matthias Hatfield.. Joseph Osborne and Isaac Whitehead. His house on East Jersey Street, mentioned in a 1682 deed, is now the oldest existing residence in Elizabeth, NJ. He sold some land in Elizabethtown to Benjamin Price on 15 June 1677.

In addition to being a large landowner, Nathaniel became prominent in community affairs. He served on a jury, 6 May 1671, by order of Gov. Carteret, for the trial of William Hackett, captain of the sloop "Indeavor," of Massachusetts, for illegal trading in the Province. "Nathaniel Bunnel1' was one of the executors of his father-in-law's estate under the terms of Isaac Whiteheadts will, which was dated 31 January 1690/1 and proved 26 February 1690/1. In 1692 he was a member of the General Assembly from Elizabethtown.

"In 1694 "Nathaniel Bunnelltl was among the 124 members of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Elizabethtown who subscribed to the support ofRev. John Harriman, his contribution being Li 10 5. His son "Nathanie Bunnell, Jr.," was also one of the subscribers, and his son Isaac subscribed a few years later.

He like many others, was opposed to "constituting courts," etc., whereby their land titles were liable to be dispossessed. He was one of the petitioners to the Crown for relief from this oppression by the Lords Proprietors. This seems to be the last public mention of his name. He probably died not long afterward, perhaps about 1696, without leaving a will.

His widow outlived him for many years. She moved out to Connecticut Farms (now Union, NJ) where her son Joseph was living. Her gravestone in the Presbyterian churchyard at Connecticut Farms read:

"Here lies the body of Susannah, wife of Nathaniel Bonnel, Dec'd February ye 12th 1733-4 in ye 84th year of her age."